Dan Totheroh 2 hr 3 min read

In the woodlot beyond the meadow, young Peter meets Mr. Dragon, the very last of his kind, and a gentle friendship blossoms, until the sad, sweet day when it is time to say goodbye.

Dan Totheroh's 1927 novel is a tender fantasy for children. Whimsical, warm, wistful. Read it for a charming storybook of a child's friendship with the last dragon in the world, a gentle, imaginative tale, touched with the bittersweet wonder of childhood, from a noted playwright writing for young readers.

In its time

Published in 1927, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

2 hr 3 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Eleanor Osborn Eadie